Model Close Readings

You can find them here.

Close Reading: Formative

For next class (Tuesday or Wednesday), post your first close reading to your blog. You'll be evaluated on your understanding, your incorporation of text and your use of Standard English.

Verb List for Literary Analysis

I noticed in a lot of the timed writing essays that I read that we are struggling to find other ways to say ¨talks about¨, so I want to provide you with a list of possibilities.

You´ll find them here on the second page under the ¨Literary Analysis¨ column.

Author Study Timed Writing Exemplars

Below you will find exemplars of our timed writing. I am linking them to the author of study´s last name.

Junot Díaz

Suki Kim

Edwidge Danticat

Model Author Study Papers

See a paper about Octavia Butler´s work written here.

Here is another about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Poetry-in-a-Box Claim

For anyone who would like to keep their Poem-in-a-Box, please claim them by Friday. They will be disposed of Friday afternoon.

For Next Writer´s Workshop

For our next Writer´s Workshop on Friday or Monday (depending on your section) bring in your three passages (you can take a picture, have a photocopy, or scan - but I will need to see them) from at least two works by your author. 

Remember you want to demonstrate your ability to link three close readings to a larger pattern.